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When Amota Ataneka first learned of the National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship, he didn’t know it was one of the most prestigious awards for emerging scholars in education research. He just knew he needed to apply.
“I heard about it from my supervisor, but I think these are the kind of things that you don't really know the significance of until you've been in the field for maybe 10 or more years,” says Ataneka, a doctoral candidate in the University of Cincinnati School of Education’s Educational Studies PhD program (Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research Methodologies concentration). It was only after he was announced as one of only 35 award recipients nationwide that his supervisor, professor Ben Kelcey, explained the importance of the recognition. “When it was confirmed, he told me that everyone in education knows this one is a little bit too competitive!” Ataneka laughs.
August 24, 2026
Optics trade publication SPIE highlighted research led by the University of Cincinnati's Jiajie Diao, PhD, published in Biophotonics Discovery that demonstrated how super-resolution microscopy can track how a drug alters several important structures within cancer cells.
August 21, 2026
Professor Mara Helmuth spoke with Cincinnati Spotlight about her upcoming faculty recital on Cincinnati Spotlight.
August 20, 2026
Tessa Clark, DAAP alum and fashion designer, owns Idlewild, an OTR shop recently featured in both the New York Times and Vogue.
August 19, 2026
Stars and Stripes magazine highlighted the co-op experience of a University of Cincinnati mechanical engineering student who is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
August 19, 2026
UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services Assistant Professor Joe Johnson is helping an Ohio marine rehome bats to make way for renovations. He launched a new tracking project that uses tiny transmitters that record bat migration using the internet of things.
August 19, 2026
UC cybersecurity student Ethan Bernhardt uses his skills to keep ransomware at bay and protect sensitive data during co-ops at Kroger and U.S. Bank in Cincinnati.
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